by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religious Studies Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 19,993 people earned their degree in philosophy and religious studies, making the major the 28th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, philosophy and religious studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,946 and had an average of $22,275 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 491 philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,019 and $25,140 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 16 philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,822 and $20,997 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religious Studies Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in philosophy and religious studies. That schools that top this list have a program in philosophy and religious studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The philosophy & religious studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religious Studies Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religious Studies Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religious Studies Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Idaho College landed the #1 spot on the list. North Idaho College is a public institution located in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Western Idaho. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religious Studies Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Nampa, Idaho, this fairly large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified associates’s philosophy and religious studies students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Snow College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religious Studies Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Snow College is located in Ephraim, Utah and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 associates’s philosophy and religious studies degrees to qualified students.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religious Studies Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah Valley University landed the #4 spot on the list. Orem, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s philosophy and religious studies degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest Nazarene University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religious Studies Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Nampa, Idaho is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s philosophy and religious studies degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Laramie County Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religious Studies Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. This small school is located in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and it awarded 0 associates’s philosophy and religious studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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